“Climate” is everywhere. Regardless of political and election outcomes! Energy conversations often feature calls for a “fossil-free energy future” and “making climate a top political and economic priority.” Business, political, regulatory, or community discussions across North America will have climate and decarbonization on the agenda.

In the United States, we each express our patriotism uniquely according to our political identity and values. While the results of last week’s election will continue to unfold for weeks to come, the election offers American oil and gas leaders an urgent opportunity to express our unique patriotism — by leading the country in this moment of uncertainty toward the energy future we all want.

When the pandemic turned the world upside down, it forced us to reckon immediately with three disruptors. I describe them in my new book The Gamechanger’s Playbook: How Oil and Gas Leaders Thrive in an Era of Continuous Disruption.

It’s happening! U.S.-based oil and gas companies are wisely sharing the ambitions of the public and articulating their role in building the energy future. This trend—which I review in my new book The Gamechanger’s Playbook: How Oil and Gas Leaders Thrive in an Era of Continuous Disruption—both creates cover and foreshadows urgency for your own company’s leadership strategy.